Fix ZoteroPane.selectItem() to rely on itemsView.selectItem() to find the item in the current view if it's there, regardless of mode -- this simplifies ZP.selectItem() and fixes problems adding items while viewing a saved search. If the new item(/attachment/note) matches the saved search, it'll now appear and become selected. Otherwise, Z will switch to the Library and the new item will be selected in there.

There might be some regressions from this, but it seems to work fine.

Also:

- Fixed JS strict warnings in popup note window
- Use Zotero.Notes.add() when using toolbar button instead of a two-stage save with ZP.newItem('note')

chrome/content/zotero/bindings/noteeditor.xml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 			xmlns:xul="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">
 	<binding id="note-editor">
 		<implementation>
-			<field name="itemRef"/>
+			<field name="itemRef">null</field>
 			<property name="item" onget="return this.itemRef;">
 				<setter>
 					<![CDATA[
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 					]]>
 				</setter>
 			</property>
-			<field name="noteRef"/>
+			<field name="noteRef">null</field>
 			<property name="note" onget="return this.noteRef;">
 				<setter>
 					<![CDATA[
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 					]]>
 				</setter>
 			</property>
-			<field name="collectionRef"/>
+			<field name="collectionRef">null</field>
 			<property name="collection" onget="return this.collectionRef;" onset="this.collectionRef = val;"/>
 			<property name="value" onget="return this.id('noteField').value;" onset="this.id('noteField').value = val;"/>
 			<method name="save">

chrome/content/zotero/overlay.js

@@ -262,12 +262,16 @@ var ZoteroPane = new function()
 		}
 		
 		item.save();
-		if(itemsView && itemsView._itemGroup.isCollection())
+		
+		if (itemsView && itemsView._itemGroup.isCollection()) {
 			itemsView._itemGroup.ref.addItem(item.getID());
-			
+		}
+		
 		//set to Info tab
 		document.getElementById('zotero-view-item').selectedIndex = 0;
 		
+		selectItem(item.getID());
+		
 		return item;
 	}
 	
@@ -681,31 +685,17 @@ var ZoteroPane = new function()
 		if (!itemID) {
 			return;
 		}
-		if(itemsView)
-		{
-			if(!itemsView._itemGroup.isLibrary())
-			{
-				if (inLibrary) {
-					collectionsView.selection.select(0);
-				}
-				// Select the Library if the item is not in the current collection
-				// TODO: does not work in saved searches
-				else {
-					var item = Zotero.Items.get(itemID);
-					var collectionID = itemsView._itemGroup.ref.getID();
-					if (!item.isRegularItem()) {
-						// If this isn't a regular item, check if the parent is
-						// in the collection instead
-						if (!Zotero.Items.get(item.getSource()).inCollection(collectionID)) {
-							collectionsView.selection.select(0);
-						}
-					}
-					else if (!item.inCollection(collectionID)) {
-						collectionsView.selection.select(0);
-					}
-				}
+		
+		if (itemsView) {
+			if (!itemsView._itemGroup.isLibrary() && inLibrary) {
+				collectionsView.selection.select(0);
+			}
+			
+			var selected = itemsView.selectItem(itemID);
+			if (!selected) {
+				collectionsView.selection.select(0);
+				itemsView.selectItem(itemID);
 			}
-			itemsView.selectItem(itemID);
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -1114,25 +1104,21 @@ var ZoteroPane = new function()
 	{
 		if (!popup)
 		{
-			var item = newItem(Zotero.ItemTypes.getID('note'));
-			var note = document.getElementById('zotero-note-editor');
 			try {
 				// trim
 				text = text.replace(/^[\xA0\r\n\s]*(.*)[\xA0\r\n\s]*$/m, "$1");
 			}
 			catch (e){}
-			if (text)
-			{
-				note.value = text;
-			}
-			note.save();
-			note.focus();
 			
-			if (parent)
-			{
-				item.setSource(parent);
-				selectItem(item.getID());
+			var itemID = Zotero.Notes.add(text, parent);
+			
+			if (itemsView && itemsView._itemGroup.isCollection()) {
+				itemsView._itemGroup.ref.addItem(itemID);
 			}
+			
+			selectItem(itemID);
+			
+			document.getElementById('zotero-note-editor').focus();
 		}
 		else
 		{

chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/data_access.js

@@ -2343,7 +2343,7 @@ Zotero.Notes = new function(){
 		var bindParams = [
 			note.getID(),
 			(sourceItemID ? {int:sourceItemID} : null),
-			{string:text},
+			{string: text ? text : ''},
 			isAbstract ? 1 : null,
 		];
 		Zotero.DB.query(sql, bindParams);

chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/itemTreeView.js

@@ -617,6 +617,8 @@ Zotero.ItemTreeView.prototype.selectItem = function(id)
 		
 	this.selection.select(row);
 	this._treebox.ensureRowIsVisible(row);
+	
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*